Published: April 28, 2011
Tags: Abele, Department of Transportation and Public Works, façade, KBS Construction, Lorenz, Mayo, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage, Takerian
By Jack Zemlicka Milwaukee County is shedding the metal and glass facade for the O’Donnell Park parking garage and the extra $1.2 million cost of the panels. The decision is in keeping with new County Executive Chris Abele’s veto of the panels, which the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors approved April 21. Some supervisors, who [...]
Published: April 21, 2011
Tags: Board of Supervisors, Chris Abele, Department of Transportation and Public Works, façade, Finance and Audit Committee, Gerry Broderick, Jursik, KBS Construction, metal facade, Milwaukee County, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage, Schuchardt, Takerian
By Jack Zemlicka Milwaukee County is sticking with steel panels for the facade work on the O’Donnell Park parking garage despite the objections of incoming County Executive Chris Abele. Abele spokesperson Brandon Lorenz confirmed Abele opposed a steel facade replacing defective paneling because it would cost the county more money than simply repairing the cement [...]
Published: February 25, 2011
Tags: Cullen, façade, J.P. Cullen & Sons, Milwaukee, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage, panels, parking, Rocole, Takerian
By Jack Zemlicka • O’Donnell Park Parking Structure Repairs, Project No. O114-11416, 910 E. Michigan St., Milwaukee • O’Donnell Park Parking Structure Improvements, Project No. O114-11415-2, 910 E. Michigan St., Milwaukee • AWARDED: O’Donnell Park Parking Structure Facade Removal, Project No. O114-11415, 910 E. Michigan St., Milwaukee Purely aesthetic panels could cost Milwaukee County an [...]
Published: February 9, 2011
Tags: bids, Jack Takerian, Kellner, O'Donnell Park parking garage, O’Donnell Park, Shoewe, Takerian, Wosinski
By Marie Rohde Milwaukee-based Vista Design & Construction LLC’s $345,000 bid is the apparent low offering to rebuild the O’Donnell Park parking garage, said Jack Takerian, Milwaukee County director of transportation and public works. Five other companies bid on the project, but a Minneapolis contractor submitted its bid two minutes late and then withdrew the [...]
Published: January 24, 2011
Tags: Bruce Block, Dave Gilbert, Dimitrijevic, Economic and Community Development Committee, Innovation Park, Milwaukee County, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage, Renee Booker, Takerian, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Real Estate Foundation, UW-Milwaukee Real Estate Foundation
By Joe Lanane Development could trump $5 million in maintenance projects if Milwaukee County agrees to delay payment on a $13.55 million land sale. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Real Estate Foundation is seeking a two-year deadline extension on its second $5 million payment to acquire county-owned property in Wauwatosa. The 89-acre tract of land will [...]
Published: January 21, 2011
Tags: Discovery World, Energy and Environment Committee, Jim Schmitt, Kellner, Lipscomb, Michael Cudahy, Milwaukee County Courthouse, Milwaukee Public Museum, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage, parks, Takerian
By Joe Lanane The O’Donnell Park garage should be razed and replaced by a new Milwaukee Public Museum and parking structure, according to philanthropist Michael Cudahy. “O’Donnell Park is a piece of garbage, and it’s been trouble ever since it’s been built,” Cudahy said. “It was a terrible idea in the first place to have [...]
Published: December 7, 2010
Tags: Arnold & O'Sheridan, Department of Public Works, Graef-USA, Milwaukee County, O'Donnell, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage, Takerian, Walter Wilson
By Joe Lanane Steve Roloff, expert witness, could trump Steve Roloff, chief operating officer, when weighing whether his engineering firm has a chance to work on the O’Donnell Park parking structure. Roloff, COO of Madison-based Arnold & O’Sheridan Inc., said the firm regularly works on parking structures such as downtown Milwaukee’s O’Donnell. But, he said, [...]
Published: July 29, 2010
Tags: Chisholm, Chris Larson, collapse, county board, David Clarke, Department of Administration, Department of Transportation and Public Works, Dimitrijevic, Graef-USA, Inspec, Jerome Heer, Lee Holloway, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County supervisors, O'Donnell Park, parking garage, Scott Walker, Takerian, Weishan
Three Milwaukee County supervisors on Thursday failed to force a public debate over whether there should be an independent investigation of the O’Donnell Park parking structure collapse.
Published: June 25, 2010
Tags: Christopher Smocke & Associates, David Clarke, J.H. Findorff & Son, Jared Kellner, O'Donnell Park, parking garage, Summerfest, Takerian
By Sean Ryan Milwaukee County officials are combing the O’Donnell Park parking structure and its construction records to find out why a 27,000-pound precast concrete panel broke off the building Thursday, killing a boy and injuring two others. A subcontractor that Jack Takerian, county director of Transportation, Public Works and Transit, refused to name installed [...]
Published: May 3, 2010
Tags: bid, Herculean, highway, Kenosha County, local road, Michael Lewis, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, road construction, Ruekert & Mielke, Schaejbe, Sipsma, stimulus, surplus, Takerian, West Allis, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT, Wontach
By Sean Ryan Low bids for local road projects are reversing the flow of stimulus payments as cities and counties kick surplus federal money back to the state. “I don’t know what they’re going to be doing with that money this year because I know that there are a lot of projects that are being [...]
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